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From: richardl@iat.holonet.net (Richard Levenberg)
Subject: OS/2 boot manager and BSD386
Message-ID: <Bx6Ert.EG8@iat.holonet.net>
Organization: HoloNet (BBS: 510-704-1058)
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1992 05:19:04 GMT
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I work in tech support and am trying to set up a 200 meg hard disk 
with two partitions 1) for dos and windows which i currently have to
support over the phone and 2) a bsd partition for development.  i am
trying to use the OS/2 boot manager (only because it is the only one
of which I know and that I have) (maybe I have others and am unaware)
each time i have the bsd install in free space and try to boot it from
boot manager the system reboots itself.

one thing that i noticed right before i gave up for the day was that
the bsd had to be installed before you could make the portion of free
space that it would (in the future) install itself a part of the boot
manager menu and then the OS/2 boot manager would report the old free
space as more room on the disk making the disk larger than it actually
was.

i know this is confusing and i would be glad to try and explain to anyone
with any suggestions or help.

i can be reached (in order of ease)
1-800-767-8005 x 302
510-420-8777 x 302
richardl@orac.holonet.net
richard@la.tis.com

thank you in advance for any help.

richardl